Stravinsky - Petrushka - Klemperer

Igor Stravinsky

Petrushka, ballet burlesque (1947 version).

Otto Klemperer.

New Philharmonia Orchestra (1967).

Schnittke - Requiem - Parkman

Alfred Schnittke
Requiem

Stefan Parkman

Lisbeth Lindholm
Annika Finnilä-Eker
Kristina Hjärtsjö-Salmonsson
Ingela Högeras-Sjöberg
Nils Högman

Stockholm Sinfonietta
Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir (1990).

Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 - Karajan

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100.

Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker (1968).

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Mravinsky

The Nutcracker (suite)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Evgeny Mravinsky

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (live recording, 1981).

Händel - Messiah - Klemperer

Georg Friedrich Händel
Messiah, HWV56

Otto Klemperer

Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
Grace Hoffman
Nicolai Gedda
Jeromen Hines

Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra (1965).

Tchaikovsky - The Queen of Spades - Rostropovich

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68


Mstislav Rostropovich

Peter Gougaloff
Galina Vishnevskaya
Regina Resnik
Bernd Weikl

Choeur Tchaikovsky
Orchestre National de France (1976/1977).

Mahler - Symphony No. 2 - Klemperer

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor / E-flat major, "Resurrection"

Otto Klemperer

Anne Finlay
Alfreda Hodgson

New Philharmonia Orchestra (1971).

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 - Haitink

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony Nº 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "The year 1905".

Bernard Haitink

Concertgebouw Orchestra (1983).

Tchaikovsky - Manfred Symphony - Muti

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58

Riccardo Muti

Philharmonia Orchestra

Varèse - Orchestral works - Boulez

Edgar Varèse

Amériques
Arcana
Déserts
Ionisation

Pierre Boulez

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1995-1996).

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7 - Bernstein

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"

Leonard Bernstein

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mahler - Symphony No. 4 - Mengelberg

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 4

Willem Mengelberg

Jo Vincent

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Busoni - Piano Concerto - Elder, Hamelin

Ferruccio Busoni
Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39

Mark Elder
Marc-André Hamelin

The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra (1999).

Brahms - Symphony No. 1 - Furtwängler

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Berliner Philharmoniker (1952).

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8 - Previn

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65

André Previn

London Symphony Orchestra (1973).

Carmina Burana - Clemencic

Anonymous 

Carmina Burana

René Clemencic

Clemecic Consort

Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht - Karajan

Arnold Schönberg
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

Herbert von Karajan

Berliner Philharmoniker

Verdi - La traviata - Giulini

Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata

Carlo Maria Giulini

Maria Callas
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Ettore Bastianini

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
(Live recording, 1955).

Dvořák - Symphony No. 7 - Kertész

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op.70, B.141

István Kertész

London Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 - Kleiber

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Carlos Kleiber

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Rostropovich

Dmitri Shostakovich
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29

Mstislav Rostropovich

Galina Vishnevskaya
Nicolai Gedda
Dimiter Petkov
Birgit Finnilä
Werner Krenn

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra - Karajan

Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra

Herbert von Karajan

Berliner Philharmoniker (1984).

Webern - Six pieces for large orchestra, Op. 6 - Boulez

Anton Webern
Six pieces for large orchestra, Op. 6 (Original version, 1909).

Pierre Boulez 

Berliner Philharmoniker

Scriabin - Le Poème de l'extase - Svetlanov

Alexander Scriabin
Le Poème de l'extase, Op. 54

Evgeny Svetlanov

Vladimir Zikov, trumpet

Russian State Symphony Orchestra (1996)

Bizet - Carmen - Solti

Georges Bizet
Carmen

Georg Solti

Tatiana Troyanos
Plácido Domingo
José Van Dam
Kiri Te Kanawa

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Haberdashers' Aske's School Boys Choir
John Alldis Choir

Respighi - I pini di Roma - Svetlanov

Ottorino Respighi
I pini di Roma

Evgeny Svetlanov

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Live recording, 1999).

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 - Böhm

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36.

Karl Böhm

Czech Philharmonic (08.08.1971)

Smetana - Má Vlast - Kubelík

Bedřich Smetana
Má Vlast

Rafael Kubelík

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Live recording, 12/05/1990).

Revueltas - La noche de los mayas - Dudamel

Silvestre Revueltas
La noche de los mayas, suite orquestal.

Gustavo Dudamel

Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolívar de Venezuela.

Mahler - Symphony No. 9 - Klemperer

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9

Otto Klemperer

New Philharmonia Orchestra (1967).

Beethoven - Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" - Toscanini

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"

Arturo Toscanini.

NBC Symphony Orchestra (28/10/1939).

Holst - The Planets - Karajan

Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32.

Berliner Philharmoniker

Herbert von Karajan (1981).

Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky - Gergiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Scythian Suite, Op. 20

Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78*

Valery Gergiev

Olga Borodina*

Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre*

Kirov Orchestra (Live recording, 2002).

Ravel - Boléro - Martinon

Maurice Ravel
Boléro

Jean Martinon

Orchestre de Paris (1974).

Bruckner - Symphony No. 6 - Klemperer

Anton Bruckner 
Symphony No. 6 in A major (1881, ed. Haas).

Otto Klemperer

New Philharmonia Orchestra

Brahms - Ein deutsches requiem - Klemperer

Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches requiem, Op. 45

Otto Klemperer

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra (1961).

Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique - Munch

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

Charles Munch

Boston Symphony Orchestra (1962).

Stravinsky - Le Sacre du printemps - Markevitch

Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps

Igor Markevitch

Philharmonia Orchestra (1959).

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10 - Mravinsky

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

Evgeny Mravinsky

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (03/03/1974).

Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" - Bernstein

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor/E-flat major, "Resurrection".

Leonard Bernstein

Barbara Hendricks
Christa Ludwig

The Westminster Choir
New York Philharmonic (Live recording, 1987).

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 - Chailly, Argerich

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Riccardo Chailly

Martha Argerich (piano).

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (Live recording 05.12.1982).

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique" - Bernstein

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"

Leonard Bernstein

New York Philharmonic (1987).

Verdi - Otello - Toscanini

Giuseppe Verdi
Otello: Dramma lirico in quattro atti.

Arturo Toscanini

Ramón Vinay
Herva Nelli
Giuseppe Valdengo

NBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (1947).

Britten - War Requiem - Britten

Benjamin Britten
War Requiem, Op. 66.

Benjamin Britten

Galina Vishnevskaya
Peter Pears
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

The Bach Choir
The Highgate School Boys Choir
The Melos Ensemble
London Symphony Orchestra (First recording, 1963).

Empieza a caer otro poco de nieve...

Sí, éste pretende ser uno más de los muchos blogs que suministran discos y grabaciones de música "clásica" en forma gratuita (salvo por el tiempo productivo perdido, así como el consumo de electricidad e internet). No sobra decir que este tipo de iniciativas puede hacer enojar un poquito a las arpías del derecho de autor, por lo que la idea es que no se enteren de nuestra fiesta.

Sin más preámbulos, inauguramos con mi versión favorita de la Novena de Beethoven, de la mano del siempre gigante Otto Klemperer.


Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Otto Klemperer

Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
Christa Ludwig
Waldemar Kmentt
Hans Hotter

Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra (Live recording, 15.11.1957).